Campaigns battle citizen journalists

2:51 PM,
Feb. 12, 2014

Written by

Roger Simon

I have rarely met a political operative who believes that journalism is actually on the level.

They do not believe that journalism is agenda-free or that a journalist's only agenda is to report the truth without "fear or favor."

Journalists claim to have standards, but the political operative is hard-pressed to see what those standards might be. The only real standard seems to be to wallow in scandal and controversy. The slightest bobble, misstatement or evidence of human failing by a politician is pounced upon by the journalist with the same glee as a cat has pouncing upon a mouse. ...